Comments on: Instructional Advice: Slow Start, Good Turns https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/ Everything for the 50+ Snow Enthusiast Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Suzanne Carey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-15935 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 15:28:49 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-15935 I’m 71 years old and haven’t skied for 25 years. Back then, I was a “sloppy intermediate.”
I’d like to try it again but get no support from family and friends. Maybe a private lesson?

]]> By: Pat McCloskey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13291 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:15:39 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13291 In reply to Sherm White.

Thanks Sherm. A little PSIA in SeniorsSkiing. Regards to you.

]]> By: Pat McCloskey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13290 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:14:56 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13290 In reply to Bruce Lund.

Great game Bruce

]]> By: Pat McCloskey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13289 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:14:34 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13289 In reply to Keith Egan.

Awesome Keith. Kids do so well.

]]> By: Pat McCloskey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13288 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 21:14:02 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13288 In reply to Bob Ohrt.

Thanks Bob

]]> By: Keith Egan https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13271 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:47:00 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13271 In reply to Pat McCloskey.

Did this teaching my kids, skipped the snowplow entirely. They were skiing the blues by lunch. The last time I could tell them anything and their skiing proves it.

]]> By: Sherm White https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13269 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:35:46 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13269 Right on, Pat. Good images and words

]]> By: Pat McCloskey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13264 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:16:03 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13264 In reply to Richard Kavey.

We usually do that. Janet skis behind me. But the drill of concentrating on the news edge I find works better when you call it out in advance.

]]> By: Bruce Lund https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13261 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 20:37:32 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13261 When I started my grandkids skiing I took them to a nearby ski hill that only had rope tows ( 4 Lakes, Lisle , Il.) we started at the beginner slope and I made a game of seeing how many turns (arcs) they could do on the slope.

]]> By: Richard Kavey https://seniorsskiing.com/instructional-advice-slow-start-good-turns/#comment-13248 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:44:17 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=29064#comment-13248 Good article! Good advice. Easy, rather flat terrain is where skills are learned. Steep, difficult terrain challenges – and often interferes with – what we have learned in the easy terrain. When this happens, go back to the flat terrain.

Unless you are a very accomplished skier, do not attempt to teach anyone – other than your goldfish – to ski. It’s a big mistake for many reasons.

Rather than skiing behind someone shouting instructions, skiing in front is almost always better: a visual image for the learner to immediately copy is usually better. In addition, the coach then is able to chose the correct speed, radius of arc and line down the hill. These are also important components to learning.

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